Townsend's storm petrel

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| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=Hydrobates socorroensis |volume=2018 |page=e.T132450926A132452334 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T132450926A132452334.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Hydrobates

| species = socorroensis

| authority = (Townsend, CH, 1890)

| synonyms = *Oceanodroma socorroensis Townsend, 1890

Oceanodroma kaedingi Anthony, 1898

| range_map = Oceanodroma socorroensis dist.png

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Townsend's storm petrel (Hydrobates socorroensis) is a species of seabird in the family Hydrobatidae. It breeds in the summer on rocks and islets{{Citation |last1=Nettleship |first1=David N. |title=Guadalupe Murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus) |date=2020-03-04 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2173/bow.xanmur1.01 |work=Birds of the World |access-date=2023-09-22 |publisher=Cornell Lab of Ornithology |last2=Kirwan |first2=Guy M.|editor-first1=Josep |editor-first2=Andrew |editor-first3=Jordi |editor-first4=David |editor-first5=Eduardo |editor-last1=Del Hoyo |editor-last2=Elliott |editor-last3=Sargatal |editor-last4=Christie |editor-last5=De Juana |doi=10.2173/bow.xanmur1.01 |url-access=subscription }} of Guadalupe Island off the western coast of Mexico. It ranges in the Eastern Pacific Ocean north to southern California in the United States and south to 10°N latitude. It used to be considered a subspecies of the Leach's storm petrel. It was formerly defined in the genus Oceanodroma before that genus was synonymized with Hydrobates.{{Cite web|title=Taxonomic Updates – IOC World Bird List|url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/updates/taxonomy/|access-date=2021-07-29|language=en-US}}